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Bivalvia
Linnaeus, 1758
- bivalves
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Pleistomollusca (Clade)
..Gastropoda (Class) - snails and slugs
..†Rostroconchia (Class)
..Bivalvia (Class) - bivalves
....†Archaeocardiidae (Family)
....Autobranchia (Subclass)
....†Camyidae (Family)
....†Cardiolariidae (Family)
....†Cirravidae (Family)
....†Delia (Genus)
....†Fordillidae (Family)
....†Laurskiidae (Family)
....Protobranchia (Subclass)
....†Thoraliidae (Family)
....†Tuarangiidae (Family)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Questionably
Original rank
:
Variants
Former unranked name
:
Bivalvia
([unranked])
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Acephala
(Class)
Cuvier, 1795
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Aglossa
(Class)
Cope, 1875
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Anodontoda
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
†
Asiphonidae
(Family)
Choffat, 1886
Ref:
PBDB
: 5 Mar 2019.
Synonymous name
:
Bathyspinulinae
(Subfamily)
Coan & Scott, 1997
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Conchifera
([unranked])
Gegenbaur, 1878
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Conchophora
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Cormopoda
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Dithra
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Elatobranchiata
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Elatocephala
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Lamellibranchiata
(Class)
Blainville
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Synonymous name
:
Lipocephala
(Class)
Lankester, 1889
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name
:
Spirulinae
(Subfamily)
Allen & Sanders, 1982
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Tropipoda
(Class)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Pelecypoda
(Class)
Goldfuss, 1820
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Including
:
Lamellibranchia
(Subclass)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1103.
Including
:
Xenoturbellida
(Phylum)
Westblad, 1949
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
tweekleppigen
:
mosselachtigen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bivalves
Ref:
R.T. Abbott, 1990
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